Dhire Bohe Meghna

1973 Bangladeshi film

Bobita
Hasu Banerjee
Ajmal Huda
Golam Mustafa
Anwar Hossain
Khalil Ullah Khan

Cinematography

Arun Roy
M A Mobin
Komal Nayek

Edited byDebobrato Sen GuptaMusic bySatya SahaDistributed byStar Film Distribution

Release date

1973 (1973)

Running time

109 MinutesCountryBangladeshLanguageBengali

Dhire Bohe Meghna (Bengali: ধীরে বহে মেঘনা; Literary Meaning Quiet Flows the Meghna) is a 1973 Bengali war film based on the events of the Bangladesh Liberation War.^[1] The film is written and directed by Alamgir Kabir. It was his first feature film.^[2]

Background

Initially Zahir Raihan was the original planner of the movie Dhire Bohe Meghna.^{[citation needed]}

Plot

A Delhi girl comes to her aunt's house, where she hears the reality of Bangladesh's independent story. ^[3]

Cast

Bobita
Hasu Banerjee
Ajmal Huda
Golam Mustafa
Anwar Hossain^[4]
Khalil Ullah Khan

Music

The film's song was written by Mohammad Monirujjaman, composed by Samar Das and background music by Sataya Saha. Hemanta Mukherjee and Sandhya Mukhopadhyay gave voice for the two songs.

No.	Title	Singer	Length
1.	"Kato je dhire bohe Megna (কতো যে ধীরে বহে মেঘনা)"	Hemanta Mukherjee
2.	"Ore aai ghore aai (ওরে আয় ঘরে আয়)"	Sandhya Mukhopadhyay

Reception

In 2002, the British Film Institute's list of South Asian films, ranked Dhire Bohe Meghna eighth among the top 10 ranked movies.^[5]

References

^ Santa Mariya (26 March 2015). যুদ্ধদিনের ছবি. bdnews24.com (in Bengali).
^ Farhad Ahmed Nilaya (14 December 2014). ১০ অনন্য সাধারণ বাংলাদেশী চলচ্চিত্র- আপনি দেখেছেন কি? [10 Amazing Bangladeshi Movies]. poramorsho.com (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2015. মুক্তিযুদ্ধের পটভূমিতে নির্মিত 'ধীরে বহে মেঘনা' ছবিটি রচনা ও পরিচালনা করেন প্রখ্যাত চলচিত্রকার আলমগীর কবীর। এটি ছিল তার পরিচালিত প্রথম ছবি, মুক্তি পায় ১৯৭৩ সালে। [War created in the background, film Dhire Bohe Meghna was written and directed by renowned filmmaker Alamgir Kabir. Released in 1973, it was the first picture of his.]^{[self-published source]}
^ Kabir, Alamgir (9 February 1973), Dhire Bohe Meghna (Drama, War), Bobita, Azmal Huda Mithu, Bulbul Ahmed, Bangladesh Films International, retrieved 7 April 2024
^ Hossain, Ashik (13 September 2013). "'Nawab' of sliver screen Anwar Hossain bows out". bdnews24.com.
^ Jinsie. "BFI South Asian Film (2002)". mubi.com.